Well, what's really important is that we had a really good conversation on the subject on this board before the flame wars engulfed it all.

hmm.. seems like he isn't "too well read" to enter a pissing contest with angry gaming fans

who cares? if he doesn't get them its not going to be the end of the world.

oh dear...this argument is getting personal...perhaps it both sides resorted to some consturctive arguments rather than commiting the "ad hominen" fallacy...while its true that you will get some barely literate people playing games,you also get a large amount of very intelligent people playing games.

How dare he attack the dumb fun that people are trying to call art!

I read that, looking for the part where he says Flower isn't a game, and didn't see it.

But, in the comments, I did see this gem:
Guy: "Would you concede that a chess set itself can be a work of art, whether or not it is actually played?"

Ebert: "Yes. But why is that a concession?"

Guy: "When you say that a video game is not art you are combining the computer program and the act of playing the program.

"If the chess pieces can be art but the act of playing chess is not, then you must concede that a computer program game can be art even if the act of playing is not."

Ebert did respond later, but all he said was basically "yeahbut most chess sets aren't art". Which I will gladly concede of video games (shovelware).

Lol. He may be a bit old, but he's cooler then usual trolls against video games.

And yet, he gave Avatar 4 stars.

This guy is hilarious. He attacks video gamers, and video games, and yet he is quoted recently saying he doesn't understand why people care so much if video games are classified as art or not.

This guy is a moron... he is the one who is writing articles about how video games aren't art, and yet when people then try and oppose his views he is basically saying "hey whats the big deal why are you even arguing just go play your silly games".... i don't have time for people like this, and he deserves no sympathy what so ever...

I don't really care about this guys opinion and in all honesty, all this quote and his previous article will have done is lower peoples respect for the man. The guys is obviously out of touch and doesn't play any games to have that opinion. Too well read, I think not, too bigoted perhaps.